[Psychosomatic aspects of gallstones. A test psychological study of female gallstone patients with clinical symptoms in comparison with a psychoanalytic study of gallstones].

In a comparison of 51 women suffering from biliary calculi and 74 women chosen at random by means of T-tests in GT, FAF and FPI, significant differences occurred in various scales. The test group differed from the control group in respect to aggressiveness, propensity toward depression and emotional instability. The test subjects suffering from biliary calculi were also given a 16 PF as well as a questionnaire on afflictions and risk factors, obesity dominating among the latter. With the help of discriminant analysis four-fifth of the participants could be correctly associated with their group. A conclusion concerning psychosomatic and psychodynamic correlations could only be reached by means of comparison with a psychoanalytical study.